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(CBS Local)- The 2021 NFL play is connected the skyline and that means it’s clip to hole for your phantasy shot draft. After an offseason and summertime of transactions and changes astir the league, it tin instrumentality a infinitesimal to refresh your representation earlier you’re connected the clock.
With that successful mind, we took a look astatine the CBSSports.com adept rankings for each position from Jamey Eisenberg, Dave Richard and Heath Cummings and person compiled apical 10 lists for each based connected what a player’s mean ranking was crossed the 3 lists. Today it’s clip to look astatine the choky ends wherever Travis Kelce inactive retains the apical spot but the conflict for 2nd is simply a choky one.
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1) Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs (Avg. Rank 1)
Projected Fantasy Points- 216, 12.7 per game
Kelce has reigned astatine the apical of the choky extremity database successful phantasy since the 2018 play and that’s not expected to alteration this season. The 31-year-old posted his 2nd vocation 100 reception play successful 2020 and had vocation highs successful yards (1,416) and touchdowns (11) arsenic well. He enters 2021 arsenic portion of a Chiefs discourtesy that wholly remade the violative enactment successful an effort to springiness Patrick Mahomes much clip to run and find Kelce, Tyreek Hill and others.
The projections person Kelce successful enactment for 123 catches 1,532 yards and 11 touchdowns putting him successful enactment for vocation highs acknowledgment to the added 17th game.
2) Darren Waller, Las Vegas Raiders (Avg. Rank 2.3)
Projected Fantasy Points- 141, 8.3 per game
Waller and Kittle are the 2A and 2B successful the guys’ rankings with Waller rankings 2nd successful 2 of 3 lists and Kittle 2nd successful the third. The soon to beryllium 29-year-old Waller has breached retired successful the past 2 seasons becoming a large receiving menace for the Raiders with back-to-back 90+ catch, 1,100 gait seasons. He finished 2nd down Kelce for astir phantasy points by a choky extremity with 171 past season. Heading into 2021, the projections person him dropping backmost a spot with 2 less touchdowns (7 alternatively of 9) but inactive implicit 1,000 yards.
3) George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers (Avg. Rank 2.6)
Projected Fantasy Points- 182, 10.7 per game
Kittle played successful conscionable 8 games successful 2020 dealing archetypal with a sprained MCL and past a ft fracture that enactment him IR precocious past season. In the games helium did play, helium averaged 9.5 points per crippled successful modular leagues conscionable down Waller (10.7). Assuming a steadfast season, contempt a imaginable backmost alteration successful the Bay, Kittle is expected to retake the 2nd spot by the projections. He’s slotted successful for 120 catches, 1,502 yards and 7 touchdowns.
4) Mark Andrews, Baltimore Ravens (Avg. Rank 4.3)
Projected Fantasy Points- 130, 7.6 per game
Andrews was the fourth-best phantasy choky extremity past play down Green Bay’s Robert Tonyan, pulling successful 112 points (8 per game) successful modular leagues. His projections this twelvemonth implicit a afloat 17-game play person him expanding his numbers, to 68 receptions for 852 yards and 9 touchdowns. There is immoderate question though if the people stock volition beryllium the aforesaid successful Baltimore this year. The Ravens added Sammy Watkins arsenic good arsenic archetypal circular prime Rashod Bateman. After Andrews and Marquise Brown combined for 188 of the 392 targets (47.9%) past season, volition the shot get dispersed astir more? Will the Ravens propulsion the shot more? Andrews should beryllium productive, conscionable a question of whether those additions devour into his production.
5) T.J. Hockenson, Detroit Lions (Avg. Rank 4.6)
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Projected Fantasy Points- 109, 6.4 per game
Hockenson was 5th past play among choky ends successful phantasy points, collecting 108 implicit the people of the play (6.8 per game). He was 2nd connected the squad successful targets down Marvin Jones and with Jones present successful Jacksonville, he’s apt to beryllium the apical enactment for caller QB Jared Goff. Projections person him close astir 110 targets this play with 68 catches for 888 yards and 5 touchdowns.
6) Kyle Pitts, Atlanta Falcons (Avg. Rank 6)
Projected Fantasy Points- 111, 6.5 per game
Big things are expected of the rookie Pitts aft the Falcons selected him 4th wide successful the Draft. It’s casual to spot wherefore fixed his ascendant play astatine Florida successful which helium scored 12 touchdowns successful 8 games. He proved with the Gators that he’s a unit to beryllium reckoned with successful the reddish zone, susceptible of making tough, contested catches, which could pb to him being a favourite people successful that area. It’s each projection present since this is the archetypal clip we’re seeing Pitts astatine the NFL level but he’s listed for 63 catches, 818 yards and 7 touchdowns.
7) Noah Fant, Denver Broncos (Avg. Rank 8)
Projected Fantasy Points- 94, 5.5 per game
Fant finished past play 13th astatine the presumption successful phantasy points and we’re present successful the scope wherever you’re expecting akin outcomes from a batch of guys. For Fant, it’s unclear who volition beryllium nether halfway and depending connected however his chemistry develops with Teddy Bridgewater, his people stock could change. Last season, helium was 2nd connected the squad successful targets (93) down Jerry Jeudy and led the squad successful receptions (62). He’s projected for a akin play this twelvemonth with 61 catches for 740 yards and 5 touchdowns.
8) Irv Smith, Minnesota Vikings (Avg. Rank 8.3)
Projected Fantasy Points- 86, 5.1 per game
Smith is an absorbing lawsuit and much of a projection present based connected the information that Kyle Rudolph is nary longer successful Minnesota. A 2nd circular prime retired of Alabama successful 2019, Smith finished 4th connected the Vikings successful targets past play down Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen and Dalvin Cook contempt starting conscionable 7 games and playing successful 13. Now the presumed starter, there’s a anticipation for much targets successful 2021. He’s slotted successful for 53 receptions 599 yards and six touchdowns successful the projections.
9) Dallas Goedert, Philadelphia Eagles (Avg. Rank 8.3)
Projected Fantasy Points- 89, 5.2 per game
Goedert apt would beryllium higher connected this database had the Eagles been capable to determination Zach Ertz this offseason. Since Ertz is inactive connected the roster, contempt the teams plans to commencement Goedert, his imaginable targets is little than expected. He’s projected to decorativeness wrong the Top 10 with 62 receptions for 690 yards and 5 touchdowns.
10) Robert Tonyan, Green Bay Packers (Avg. Rank 11)
Projected Fantasy Points- 87, 5.1 per game
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Tonyan was a breakout prima successful phantasy past season, finishing 3rd astatine the presumption with 124 full points connected the play acknowledgment mostly to his 11 touchdown grabs. That fig seems unsustainable peculiarly fixed that helium had conscionable 52 full receptions truthful his touchdown grabs accounted for 21% of his catches past season. He surely proved a susceptible reddish portion menace and arsenic we’ve seen, erstwhile Rodgers trusts guys, helium volition consistently spell to them. So, the projections inactive person Tonyan acceptable for a coagulated play of 46 catches for 488 yards and 8 touchdowns.
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